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Extra Credit

By: Neal Pollack, Elijah Pollack
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  • Summary

  • Ever get the feeling that not everything is cool with school? Best-selling author Neal Pollack is dissatisfied with what his teenage son, Elijah, is learning in his studies. Neal wants to fill in the gaps, while Elijah just wants him to chill out a little. Together, they embark on the father-son field trip of a lifetime, which includes stops in New York's poetry-slam scene, a medical-marijuana dispensary, and a convention to discuss evolution with 1,700 biologists.

    When you add Extra Credit to your library you will receive all 10 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 20 minutes.
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Childhood Education Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Slavery (Extra Credit)

    Ep. 1: Slavery (Extra Credit)
    Oct 24 2017

    On Extra Credit, writer Neal Pollack augments his son's public school education with his own, somewhat questionable, life lessons. In this episode, after learning that some Texas schoolbooks refer to African slaves as "migrant workers," Neal takes Elijah on a road trip to Lousiana, where they visit a slavery museum on a former plantation.
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    18 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Sex Ed (Extra Credit)

    Ep. 2: Sex Ed (Extra Credit)
    Oct 24 2017

    In writer Neal Pollack’s opinion, the sex ed curriculum at his son's school has…shortcomings. In this episode, Neal sends Elijah to a sex ed program offered by a local church--one that involves practice midnight condom purchases, and lots and lots of lube.
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    19 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Evolution (Extra Credit)

    Ep. 3: Evolution (Extra Credit)
    Oct 24 2017

    Writer Neal Pollack was shocked by the way his public school district teaches students about the origins of species. In this episode, Neal sends Elijah to a bar outside a convention of 1,700 biologists to learn about what he isn't hearing in school: evolution.
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    15 mins
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